Open your nearest book to page 82. Take the third full sentence on the page, and work it into a post somehow.
The book – Blood & Sand by Frank Gardner.
The sentence: It was an incongruous sight in the land where Moses once walked.
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Fear is what stalks the commentators
Fear of failing to support the Jews, fear of letting others know
How little these commentators know
Fear that not condemning the Palestinian
Might not make you a good American.
Rationality stalks the mind of those who give the spiel
That Israel ”has the right to defend itself”
That ”Palestinian mothers are proud to sacrifice their babies”
That ”Palestinians use human shields”
That Palestinian Christians ”are not real Christians”
That ”Palestinians always start the trouble and Israel only replies”
That targeted assassination of Palestinian citizens
During a ceasefire, is a perfectly acceptable reason.
It was an incongruous sight in the land where Moses once walked
To see Rachel, American citizen, run over and murdered by a bulldozer
To see Mohammed al-Durrah, 11 years old, murdered by hail of machine gun fire,
Crying against a wall in the arms of his father
And the Palestinian ambulance man murdered too
And my Friend, the French TV camera man who filmed the action
Be a victim of attempted assassination and litigation.
Mohammed al Durrah and father, Source – Wikipedia
Daily Prompt: Connect The Dots
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I lived/travelled throughout the Middle East. I loved the Syrians, the Lebanese, the Handful of Palestinians that took me in, even found the odd Israeli that would tolerate me, loved Egyptians, and the Kingdom of Jordan too. What were they all fighting about? Their hatred had to be inherited, no one person I met could truly feel anything they had been programmed to do, think, or say. And I never watch the news intentionally. The End.
Your words are so well-spoken ”their hatred had to be inherited, no-one person I met could feel anything they were programmed to do, think or say;; – how very true, and yes, the media are definitely not a source for understanding and tolerance. Wonderful comment – thank you.
I wanted to contribute for the Daily Prompt on my own blog, but I opened my book to pg 82 (The Water Children, by Anne Berry) and the sentence was just a little less inspiring than I had hoped
Maybe I’ll play next time!
I was worried, I’ll admit, but reached and opened and at first thought there was much too much in the sentence – its a bit hit and miss I think, but somehow more interesting than just a word. Please do play! There are other challenges too – the 100 word story is a nice one, and Picture it & Write.Also that haiku one..Good luck – would be lovely if you joined in – won’t send urls just yet…not wanting to be too pushy..
I definitely want to try my hand at writing Haiku’s! It’s been years since I wrote one
http://allaboutlemon.com/ Here’s ‘For the love of haiku’ its fun – but so difficult!
Thank you!
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wonderfully touched and framed the harsh reality!
Alas! There was no third sentence on page 82-it was the end of the chapter with only a partial sentence. Laziness becomes me!
Lucky you!
…but there are other good challenges ..”for the love of haiku…100 word story..picture it & write”…they’re fun!
Choose your preferred politics to defend your perverted religious views…. it’s all bullshit.
Yep, oldest story in the book…
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Pirate, what the heck. I got “Thus the numerical value of R is given by 1 X 22.413 = R X 273.16″. What the heck am I supposed to do with that. Hmmmm…..
Oh I think that represents not even a challenge for you! What genre are you in at the moment? A wee bit of horror seems suggested there for me…
I agree with Sarahpotterwrites, there should be a “saddened” button to click on…
Yes…its true. I lived 10 years in the Middle East. Was sad sometimes, knowing people personally involved.
Sometimes I think there should be an alternate things to click on, other than “like” — such as “moved” or “saddened”. I have to remind myself sometimes that the Jews, Christians, and Moslems have Noah, Abraham, and Moses in common — not forgetting God, of course, although called by various names.
This occupation of land in God’s name has gone on throughout history. For instance the mass genocide of the pagan Canaanites, so their “land of milk and honey” could be whipped off them by God’s chosen people. I could go on and on, but you do social and political commentary so much better. Thanks for your thought-provoking words.
Yes..in religion’s name, yet again – you are so right. One thing that gets me is the lack of balanced reporting on the Israeli – Palestinian ”conflict”.